nighttime

See also: night-time

English

Alternative forms

night-time

Etymology

From Middle English nyght tyme, equivalent to night +‎ time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid.

Noun

nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)

The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
- 1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 50, number 7, page 52)
  Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.

Antonyms

day
daytime

Derived terms

night-times

Translations

hours of darkness

Arabic: لَيْلُ‎ m (laylu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 夜裡 (zh), 夜里 (zh) (yèli), 夜間 (zh), 夜间 (zh) (yèjiān)
Finnish: yö (fi), yöaika (fi)
French: nuit (fr) f
German: Nacht (de) f
Interlingua: nocte

Japanese: 夜間 (ja) (やかん, yakan), 夜分 (やぶん, yabun)
Norwegian: natt (no) m or f
Persian: شب‌هنگام‎ (šab-hengâm)
Portuguese: noite (pt) f
Russian: ночь (ru) f (nočʹ), ночно́е вре́мя n (nočnóje vrémja)
Swedish: natt (sv) c, nattetid (sv) c
Turkish: gece (tr)

Adjective

nighttime (not comparable)

Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
Happening during the night.

Synonyms

(pertaining to nighttime): night
(happening during the night): night, nocturnal

Antonyms

(pertaining to nighttime): day, daytime
(happening during the night): daytime, diurnal

Translations

pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night

Hungarian: éjszakai (hu), éjjeli (hu)

Russian: ночно́й (ru) (nočnój)

happening during the night

Greek:
Ancient Greek: νυκτερινός (nukterinós)

Hungarian: éjszakai (hu), éjjeli (hu)
Russian: ночно́й (ru) (nočnój)

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